in the path of vladimir duthiers, who i thank you for joining us. as we come on the air, we are getting new information about this monster storm. a major category three closing in on landfall earlier than expected, along florida's central gulf coast. millions are bracing for impact. now the latest track just in has the eye of the storm hitting the sarasota area. that is just south of tampa, a region that hasn't had a hurricane this powerfl in more than a hundred years. milton's wind and rain bands are humongous, stretching for about 350 miles. there are mandatory evacuation orders in 15 out of 67 counties, but officials now say it is too late to get out. president biden spoke about that from the white house just a short time ago. >> at this point, evacuation is probably difficult. so i encourage people to look for safer shelter. sometimes moving just a few miles can mean the difference between life and death. >> norah: the storm is also unleashing an outbreak of tornadoes. there have been more than 100 warnings today and at least a dozen are confirm

let's go now to vladimir duthiers, he is also in tampa for us this evening.d evening. >> vlad: good evening, norah. as jonathan just indicated, the storm is picking up, hurricane milton has made landfall. we are being inundated with water, with wind gusts that are now going to reach up to 75 miles per hour. over in fort myers, florida, where they are already dealing with cleanup from the last hurricane, there have been reports of touchdowns of tornadoes throughout the area and that's where we find cbs news' nicole valdes. nicole. >> reporter: this was the roof of someone's home, ripped off by one of at least a dozen tornadoes that touched down in just a matter of hours, all while floridians braced for hurricane. powerful ring camera video showing that powerful tornado blowing through trees in this neighborhood. this has been quite the scene here for so many. our team moving further inland tonight to escape the storm surge threat that of course is still a life-threatening situation, while more than 100 tornado warnings blared across the state. another threat i

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